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Fair Print of the Amsterdam Nachtwacht for the Year 1827
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Fair Print of the Amsterdam Nachtwacht for the Year 1827

anonymous · 1827 · letterpress printing; houtsnede; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Kermis print of the Amsterdam night watch (rattle watch) for the year 1827. Oval depiction decorated with laurel leaves. Several men walk with rattles through the streets, two men collect money at a house. With a poem in two columns and a song in three stanzas. On behalf of the night watch in quarter No. 34 at the Zuider: J. ter Spil, J. Schaade and L. Konyn.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineKermisprent van de Amsterdamse nachtwacht voor het jaar 1827. 1827. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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